# Crystalline iridium : computation of the total energy # # Determination of the surface energy of iridium : # Relaxation #Definition of the unit cell acell 3*7.29 # Lattice parameters of bulk iridium rprim 0.5 -0.5 0.0 #unit cell consists of 5 Ir layers and 7 vacuum layers 0.5 0.5 0.0 #interlayer distance 0.5acell 0.0 0.0 6.0 iprcel 45 #Definition of occupation numbers occopt 4 tsmear 0.02 #Definition of the k-point grid kptopt 1 # Option for the automatic generation of k points, taking # into account the symmetry ngkpt 12 12 1 nshiftk 2 shiftk 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 #Definition of the atom types ntypat 1 # There is only one type of atom znucl 77 # The keyword "znucl" refers to the atomic number of the # possible type(s) of atom. The pseudopotential(s) # mentioned in the "files" file must correspond # to the type(s) of atom. Here, the only type is Aluminum #Definition of the atoms natom 5 # 5 atoms per cell: 5 aluminum layers and seven vacuum typat 5*1 # These atoms are of type 1, that is, iridium xcart 2*0 0 0 2*3.645 2*0 7.29 0 3.645 10.935 2*0 14.58 #Exchange-correlation functional ixc 1 # LDA hgh #Definition of the planewave basis set ecut 30.0 # Maximal kinetic energy cut-off, in Hartree #The relaxation ionmov 3 tolmxf 5.0d-5 ntime 100 #Definition of the SCF procedure iscf 3 nstep 100 # Maximal number of SCF cycles toldff 5.0d-6